Day 130 – Week 19 – 19 mins

This morning, as I looked at my usual supplies for my five minute warm up before going into my strength training – I just felt bored. Laid out were my little medicine ball and resistance strap, and I had no inclination to pick them up at all – I’ve been doing the same warm up for over four months now!

I had just put on Goldfrapp’s Seventh Tree album – and before I knew it, I had got carried away and started doing a little dance around the living room. And then I thought – why not? I can make this my warm up instead. I was overwhelmed by the spirit of my youthful ballet training and  proceeded to plie, pirouette and prance myself into a very warmed up state. And the music was just perfect for it.

After five minutes of  “free interpretation” as I think it was called in my childhood dance classes, I was well and truly ready to get on with my lunges and the rest of my strength training.

Remember – we have to make this as fun as possible – and you know what? Prancing about counts if it gets your heart rate up and the blood flowing around your body. Why not give it a try?